BORAGINACEAE 329 
TOURNEFORTIA Linnaeus 
Tournefortia hirsutissima Blanco Fl. Filip. (1887) 128; ed. 2 (1845) 91; 
ed. 3, 1 (1877) 167, t. 46, non Linn. =TOURNEFORTIA SARMEN- 
TOSA Lam. 
The reduction of Blanco’s Tournefortia hirsutissima to T. 
sarmentosa Lam., seems to be correct. It is difficult to separate 
it from some forms that have been referred to JT. horsfieldit 
Mig. It is widely distributed in the Philippines at low altitudes. 
Illustrative specimens from Umingan, Pangasinan Province, 
May, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 200); Pasay, Rizal 
Province, Luzon, December, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae 
No. 694). 
Tournefortia arborea Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 129 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 
91; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 167=TOURNEFORTIA ARGENTEA Linn. f. 
This reduction was made by Fernandez-Villar and is certainly 
the correct disposition of Blanco’s species. It is widely distri- 
buted in the Philippines along sandy seashores. 
Illustrative specimen from Dingalan Bay, Tayabas Province, 
Luzon, August 24, 1916 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 1007). 
HELIOTROPIUM Linnaeus 
Heliotropium parviflorum Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 80 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 
(1845) 59; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 113, t. 184 =HELIOTROPIUM INDICUM 
Linn. 
A weed in the settled areas throughout the Philippines; it 
is not a native of the Archipelago but was probably of prehis- 
toric introduction. 
Illustrative specimen from Taytay, Palawan, May, 1913 
(Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 364). 
TRICHODESMA R. Brown 
co Borago indica Linn.; Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 60; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 114 
(Borrago) =TRICHODESMA INDICUM (Linn.) R. Br. 
The Linnean species was correctly interpreted by Blanco. 
Blanco’s specimens were from Paranaque, growing in peanut 
plantations; the species is still found in the same town and in 
the same habitat. It is of very local occurrence, and has so 
far been found in the Philippines only in the immediate vicinity 
of Manila; certainly an introduced weed. 
Illustrative specimen from Parafaque, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
October, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 63). 
Borago indica Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 81, non Linn.—Borago ? africana 
Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 60; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 114 (Borrago), non 
Linn.—TRICHODESMA ZEYLANICUM (Linn.) R. Br. 
This weed is of local occurrence in the Philippines and is 
